July 9, 2024
by Joel Sronce
In this poem, Joel Sronce weaves together three different soccer matches including a pickkup game at a schoolyard in Gaza during the genocide.
Trump, the right, and the broader anti-trans reaction
The material roots of scapegoating
by Eric MaroneyIt is evident that Trump and the MAGAtized Republican Party have taken advantage of voters’ anxieties and created a sense of panic surrounding transgender issues. However, as Eric Maroney explains, what remains less clear are the reasons why these appeals resonate with certain voters, what drives this particular political reaction, and how the Left can effectively respond.
Leftist studies in China and the United States
A conversation between Shi Yongqin and Paul Le Blanc
by TempestShi Yongqin is a translator whose life’s work has been to bring Trotsky’s writings to a Chinese audience. Here he talks with Paul Le Blanc.
Trump and his oligarchs (back) at the gate
Solidarity, political independence, and fighting the new authoritarianism
by Tempest National CommitteeOn the brink of the second Trump presidency, Tempest offers this editorial statement on the current moment and the tasks ahead.
DSA never recovered from Bowman
Assessing DSA’s membership figures, 2020-2024
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger looks at the numbers and diagnoses DSA’s rise and slide.
Report on the Amazon Teamsters’ strike in Southern California
by Michael Fabregas and Promise Li
Michael Fabregas and Promise Li, members of the Los Angeles branch of Tempest, report on Teamsters’ pickets against Amazon in Southern California.
At NYU, pro-Palestinian efforts are in the crosshairs
Campus activism enters a period of uncertainty as the opposition closes ranks and repression is ratcheted up
by BC HamiltonBC Hamilton reports on the repression of pro-Palestine activism at NYU.
After decades, an insurgency falters
Philippine Maoists under pressure
by Alex de JongThe strongest force on the Philippine Left is faltering under long-term attrition. Alex de Jong explains the decline.
For an end to last-gasp liberalism
by Sarang Narasimhaiah
Sarang Narasimhaiah calls for a break with the deeply ingrained but unacknowledged principles and protocols of liberalism and the organization of an independent left alternative.
Grief, mourning, and solidarity
An interview with Sarah Jaffe
by Sarah Jaffe and Eric MaroneySarah Jaffe discusses grief, Palestine, and the pandemic in an interview about her recent book From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire